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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13359

28 February 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 4 / 29
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Budget
European Parliament votes overwhelmingly in favour of package to revise EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework
Brussels, 27/02/2024 (Agence Europe)

Meeting in plenary session in Strasbourg on Tuesday 27 February, MEPs broadly approved the various components of the mid-term review of the European Union’s 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) (see EUROPE B13345A21). These included the €50 billion Ukraine Facility and the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP).

However, the two co-rapporteurs of the text in the Budget Committee, Jan Olbrycht and Margarida Marques, expressed some regret at the various cuts made...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
ENVIRONMENT: despite EPP’s U-turn, Parliament’s pro-European groups manage to salvage interinstitutional agreement on nature restoration
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs approve interinstitutional agreement on stricter rules for export of waste from EU to third countries
ENVIRONMENT/JUSTICE: protection of environment through criminal law, European Parliament approves Interinstitutional Agreement
BUDGET: European Parliament votes overwhelmingly in favour of package to revise EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework
DEMOCRACY: MEPs approve agreement between EU Council and European Parliament on transparency and targeting of political advertising
SOCIAL: MEPs urge last remaining Member States to approve agreement reached with European Parliament regarding digital platform workers
PATENTS: vote on patents essential to standards divides certain political groups
ECB: European Parliament adopts its annual report on ECB’s activities in 2023
MIDDLE EAST: MEPs call on EU to act to prevent offensive in Rafah
CAUCASUS: MEPs support closer ties between EU and Yerevan
MEDIA: “SLAPPs” – MEPs endorse European Parliament/EU Council agreement to combat SLAPP procedures
RESEARCH: European Parliament supports political agreement to extend active phase of PRIMA partnership in Mediterranean basin until 2027
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: European Parliament/EU Council agreement on port and flag states
ENERGY: European Commission recommends that Member States continue efforts to reduce gas demand
AGRICULTURE : European Commission invites EU farmers to share their experiences of unfair trading practices
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITIVENESS: Commission outlines future European strategy for advanced materials
COMPANIES: EFRAG works with CEN and CENELEC to ensure consistency and coherence in sustainability reporting
EXTERNAL ACTION
WTO: agreement on services enters into force for 71 countries
HUMANITARIAN AID: European Commission announces €171 million in humanitarian aid for Horn of Africa
TRADE: EU should go further on economic security, says Institut Jacques Delors
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
GENDER EQUALITY: despite significant progress, EU ministers responsible for gender equality affirm importance of strengthening institutional mechanisms dedicated to this cause
INSTITUTIONAL
European Parliament 2024: climate, inequality, and combating the far right – ‘Now the People’, alliance of left-wing parties and movements, publishes its campaign manifesto
EP2024: Valérie Hayer is set to be appointed Renaissance party lead candidate for European elections on Thursday 29 February
NEWS BRIEFS
CRIMEA: participants in International Crimea Platform promise never to recognise illegal annexation
HUMAN RIGHTS: “It is vital to safeguard a safe and open civic space worldwide”, says Josep Borrell
ENERGY: European Commission presents a new detailed atlas of energy consumption in EU
DIGITAL: Belgian Presidency of EU inaugurates a citizens’ panel on artificial intelligence
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: European Parliament suspends access badges for Amazon representatives
RUSSIA: EU appalled at sentencing of Oleg Orlov